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Gerald Bones's Journal
Smell no Evil
Downtime
Downtime
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Back in the red dust of Sedona now. I’ve been staring out at the rocks, same ones that shaped me, feeling them speak to me in silence. After Frozen Sawlid, I thought I’d be eager to jump back into the grind, but I’ve spent these weeks still as stone, letting the quiet harden something inside.
Losing the hand… that’s not something you walk away from clean. It’s not just the pain — it’s the imbalance. Felt like my center shifted, like I was a leaning tower waiting to collapse. So I trained. Not just muscle. Foundation. Learned to move again, learned to fight again. Taught my body to flow around the missing piece. Reinforced my stance, grounded myself. My strikes now echo from the earth, not just from force.
I’ve been meditating, too. Not the lotus kind — more like cracking open my past. The curse that made me this way still hums under my skin. I think I’m starting to hear its rhythm. Maybe I can make it my own.
Verso checked in. Said time’s still on our side, but barely. Told her to give it a minute. I’m not done building. The next time a door explodes beneath me, I’ll be ready.
Slippers are holding up, by the way.
Charlatans
“Unsettling are the days in which everyone is an expert.”
― Criss Jami
Nowadays you can't go a day without some phony prophet trying to peddle their wares to you.
Driven by the increased interest in the supernatural, charlatans from palm readers to televangelists are everywhere. And while the vast majority of witches, psychics, magicians, hypnotists, cures, potions, faith healers, and clairvoyants are complete fakes, they do make a living.
As the saying goes, "it's easier for an actor to make it in alternative medicine than Hollywood."
Most people scoff at these clearly-phony supernatural services, yet those same people often buy into at least one scam.
The most dangerous charlatans are the self-styled monster hunters who carry a mall-ninja arsenal and guns with silver bullets. Most have never encountered anything supernatural and do absolutely nothing besides burn some sage and patrol the area for a night or two. Even so, those who are superstitious, fearful, or desperate enough will hire them to solve the problems they simply don't understand. In some cases with disastrous results.
For Contractors, charlatans are red herrings and obstacles. Clumsy fakes that conjure a smokescreen of misinformation and escalate the situations they're in.